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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts remains determined to pass a voluntary GMO labeling bill in time to block a Vermont law from taking effect. Roberts said recently that agriculture gro...

Phibro Animal Health Corporation says it will request a hearing to challenge the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine moving toward banning the use of carbadox in pigs over cancer concerns.Carbadox ha...

More than half of U.S. adults polled for a recent PEW study indicated they viewed trade agreements between the United States and other countries positively. The U.S. Grains Council says the study resu...

A market research firm predicts the agriculture drone market to be worth $3.69 billion by the year 2022. The forecast by RnR Market Research says the market is poised for significant growth over the n...

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A new study finds the fertilizer sector contributed more than $162 billion and more 500,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in 2014. The Fertilizer Institute announced the economic impact study this week tha...

As commodity prices fall, one of the first places farmers cut costs is purchasing new equipment. A February report from Rabobank anticipates commodity prices will stabilize to near break-even levels. ...

A new report by CoBank says oversupply and lower exports will continue to plague the U.S. agricultural industry for the remainder of 2016. The new Quarterly Rural Economic Review suggests those factor...

U.S. corn growers expect to plant 93.6 million acres of corn this year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. If the government pre...

Grain traders told Reuters that China's policy change to end corn stockpiling brings the risk of lesser demand from China. The Chinese government confirmed this week the nation will end its corn stock...